Four year-old cars dominated proceedings in first free practice of the DTM at Brands Hatch. Audi works driver Miguel Molina established the fastest time in the first encounter at the race track in Kent county. The 22-year old Portuguese completed his fastest lap at the 1.929 kilometres long Indy lay-out of the British track with its long heritage in 42.776 seconds. Only 0.036 seconds down, his fellow Audi driver Edoardo Mortara ended up second. Mercedes-Benz drivers Maro Engel and David Coulthard ended up third and fourth respectively. Continue reading ‘Audi’s Molina fastest in DTM practice from Brands Hatch’
Today the Audi plant in Ingolstadt produced the five-millionth Audi A4 – an Audi A4 Avant 3.0 TDI quattro in Misano Red. This production milestone is the latest evidence of a success story that began in 1994 when the A4 model name was adopted. A great favorite with customers, the A4 accounts for a high proportion of production capacity at the Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm plants. Continue reading ‘Five-millionth Audi A4 leaves the assembly line’
Falken Tire, Porsche and the America Le Mans Series… What more could one ask for? A Porsche Cayman, a Sony home theater or a 32GB iPad 2 could be yours if you enter the Falken Tire Porsche Cayman Giveaway. The sweepstakes is tied to the new AZENIS PT722 A/S ultra-high performance touring tire that launched in early March. Learn how to enter after the jump! Continue reading ‘Win a Porsche Cayman from Falken Tire’
Rob Austin is confident that his team’s new NGTC Audi A4 will be on the grid for the opening round at Brands Hatch next weekend. Austin told TouringCarTimes that the car would “definitely” race at the Kent circuit and exuded confidence, despite driver David Pinkney rating the likelihood of an appearance at just 50/50. Continue reading ‘Rob Austin confident that Audi will make Brands’
David Heinemeier Hansson and Porsche Napleton Racing (PNR) finished sixth in their debut race in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama on a Saint Patrick’s Day Thursday at Sebring International Raceway in the No. 37 PNR/37signals Porsche GT3. Continue reading ‘David Heinemeier Hansson and PNR finish sixth in IMSA GT3 Cup debut’
West Racing named Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwager as the first two drivers of its Yokohama Tire Corporation-sponsored Lamborghini on Monday. The two were teammates in last year’s FIA GT1 championship and will campaign West Racing’s first ADVAN® A005 tire-shod Lamborghini in the 2011 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón. Continue reading ‘West Racing name Nicky Pastorelli and Dominik Schwager’
It’s been nine months and about 7,000 miles since I took delivery of the S4. There is so much about the car to love. The acceleration, traction, and braking ability of the car are incredible. The exhaust note under hard acceleration is amazing, especially with the S-Tronic, with a little extra burble with each up-shift. Continue reading ‘Road Review: 9 month 2010 Audi S4 Update’
Gallery after the jump!A successful season finale for Porsche: At the 1,000 kilometre race in Zhuhai/China, the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid impressed once again with its performance and efficiency. The innovative sports car from Weissach, piloted by Porsche works drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA), was by far the fastest GT vehicle in the field at its eagerly awaited premiere in Asia. Porsche factory drivers Marc Lieb (Germany) and Richard Lietz (Austria) claimed second place in the GT2 class with the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR on China’s oldest race track. With this result, they secured the team championship for their Felbermayr-Proton squad at the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, run for the first time this year. Continue reading ‘ILMC: A successful season finale for Porsche at the 1000 KM race in Zhuhai’
